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Friday 8 July 1938Men’s majorsYear in Review
Whitcombe wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 July 1938 · purse £500 · winner's share £100
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
120 started, 37 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jimmy Adams
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1898-04-10, Burnham-on-Sea, England; England; age 40 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet